The NCCK wishes to commend President Uhuru Kenyatta for demonstrating leadership yesterday during the State Of The Nation address in which he directed government and public officials implicated in corruption to step aside to facilitate speedy investigations and prosecutions.

The address came shortly after the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) issued a statement titled “SLAY THE DRAGON OF CORRUPTION OR ELSE WE PERISH” following a 2-day Executive Committee Meeting at Limuru, in the morning of 26th March 2015.

We welcome the bold statement made by the President which marks a new beginning in the war against corruption. Since it is a war where everyone must make a contribution, we demand that the various state and non-state institutions he asked to take various actions do so expediently. Of key interest to us is that the Speakers of Senate and National Assembly should table the report in their houses at the earliest possible time so that Kenyans may know its contents and the radical steps of asking those mentioned to step down is executed. .

The NCCK reminds those widely mentioned in various corruption scandals that any attempt to continue holding office is against the wishes of the people of Kenya. We also call on Kenyans to support the fight against corruption by resisting and exposing all attempts to extort bribes from them by public servants and politicians or any other service providers.

It is the desire and prayer of NCCK that this action by the president, followed by the heads of other arms of government and the law enforcement agencies will result in a momentum that will lead to an eradication of this vice.

Reverend Canon Peter Karanja

GENERAL SECRETARY

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